Has anyone heard of Jeff Coffin?

Question

I just read that the saxophonist for The Dave Matthews Band died, and is being replaced for the rest of their tour by Jeff Coffin. I'm going to see them play in like a week so I was just wondering if anyone has heard of him, is he good?

Answer 1

Coffin is a member of Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, he has been with DMB since June 30th after LeRoi's accident.

Coffin is far and away the BEST jazz sax player out there right now, and as sad as LeRoi's death is, Coffin is a much better player, but he is not a long term solution for DMB, they just got lucky to have BF&F not touring this summer.  

Answer 2

He's in Bella Fleck's group the Flecktones. I saw him with with

Bella

at the Palace Theater in Albany, NY.

He stole the show with his solo;

playing two saxophones at once. Bella gave him good exposure and promotion at this venue even though Victor Wooten was also on.